It is like acid always burning in my
brain that the stupid butchering of the last war taught
men nothing atall, they sank back listlessly on the warm
manure pile of the dead and went to sleep, indifferently
bestowing custody of their future their fate, into the
hands of the State departments, whose memers are trained
to be conspirators, card sharps, double-crossers and
secret betrayers of their own people; into the hands of
greedy capitalist ruling classes...into the hands of that
most debased type of pimp, the politician, and that most
craven of all lice the jobworshippers, the bureaucrats.
LETTER FROM EUGENE O'NEILL, Playwright, to his son Eugene
Jr. in 1942

OPTIONS FOR THE MIND

Hatred is
normally polarised as the opposite of love.

In my
opinion hatred is a very ancient emotional condition that
can indeed be provoked by sexual betrayal, but is perhaps
better described as the outcome of tribal disturbances,
security for hunting grounds.

In other
words, security is at the root of deeply emotional hatred.

In
reference to the political views that are surfacing
throughout the world as we observe the Palestinian and
Israeli combat, and the result of the dismissal of UN
regulations, plusthe many times recently that the
UN Security CouncilRecommendations for the
placement of Political Observers have been vetoed by the
USA, has brought about impassioned debate on the Internet.

To hate the
Jews (or the Arabs) is a censure on debate ; it won't
flush out a real enemy from the blackhole of hatred.
Palestine and Israel have both revealed, during these
many years the instincts for survival. If, as outsiders
we debate their condition, we ourselves are open to
censure. But if this debate persuades others to take up
news and reactions to that news more thoughtfully,then
the concepts of Internet-network debates prove themselves.

Laughter,
laughter is not often generally shared, in the same way
as it might have been in the past, it is now very unusual.
Except ofcourse for the generated laughter of
entertainment. It is amazing that rarely on-line people
make make or share any jokes. But varied perceptions can
seldom get sufficient perspective to be interesting
unless the mind is unburdened of tension through laughter.

Hatred can
often now be regarded as 'tunnel vision' and it is quite
possibly a state of mind that is less open to the relief
of self-forgiving laughter than other 'tunnel visions'.

Obsessed
mental conditions seek solutions - draw near to them -
and then seem to seek evidence for rejecting the
solutions, before realigning themselves with the
problem again. Zionist behaviour in Israel reveals that
the real needs behind the opportunity for solutions is
always sidelined.The deep-seated need for secrecy is tied
up in this, as it disguises the loss of face and the
amount of shame that intelligent minds can be aware of.

If you have
a problem that you cannot solve because of these emotions
that you have disguised, and continuously refuse to
recognise - then you have constant access to realign
yourself to the problem. I think that this is part
of the attraction for some people to politics, political
debate etc. I see this as the base of the politician's
florid speeches, promises and poetic wordplay. Wordplay
that is contradicted without a pause, promises that are
never kept.

A theatrical display, photographic
portraits, and, like jacob wrestling with the angel,
history is encountered.

The
politicians bold display results in a shared
encounter because it has to be observed by the public as
a form of Law. His/her handshake with the crowd never
comes about with either a regard for the problem or for
the recognition of truth. Barristers are attracted to a
political career. But political life based on
hatred can and must be brought to an end, andrevealed,
not only to endure the derision of those of us who
observe (but do not suffer from the obsessive hatred of
the insecure ),but also introduced into Law as not
permissible. Thus a politician could be hedged in by
references to facts that cannot be hidden or obscured.

Elections
take place in East Timor, Kosovo etc.The Political
Observer does not make a public report, so it is
difficult to evaluate new political ambitions surfacing
in these and other countries. Irresponsible ambition is
almost always fostered in hate and insecurity is always
recognised as the real obstacle that Democracy cannot
hide. The boundary for public recognition of this, at
this time, is always set up well inside any political
faction. The 'minder' blocks the camera, the soldier
beats the citizen, the voters box is tampered with,
all without record.